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GOLLAPSIBLE CARTON. No. 371,159. Patented Oct. 4, 1887.

446M BY a ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM. \VRIGHT, JR, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

COLLAPSlBLE CARTON.

SPECIPICATIGN forming part. of Letters Patent No. 371,159, dated October4, 1887. Application filed January 14. 1887. Serial No. 224,370. (ModelTo CLZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WRIGHT, Jr., of the city, county, and Stateof New ,York, have invented a new and Improved Collapsible Carton, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a carton or small paper boxdesigned more par ticularly to be made in imitation of boxes in whichmedicines small bottled groceries, and other goods are packed andshipped, so that these cartons, when set up and exposed in any businessplace, will present the appearance of a large stock of goods on hand.

The invention consists of a collapsible carton or box having removableand collapsible end pieces and a knockdown frame placed upon the insideto hold the carton or box firmly in distended or setup position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective View of the carton or box when set upfor use. Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of the same col lapsed.Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the covers or end pieces collapsed, andFig. 4. is a plan view of one of the frame-pieces to be placed insidethe carton when set up for use.

A represents the body of the carton, made in this instance cubical inform and open at the ends, and is formed ol'the four side walls, a, ofpasteboard. These are scored at the 5 cornersb and united in the samemanner that common pasteboard boxes are scored and are united, so thatthe body A may be collapsed, as shown in Fig. 2, or distended, as shownin Fig. 1. XVhen distended, the carton is braced from the inside andheld in that position by a frame, B, composed of the two boards a c,

each slotted at one end onehalf its length, as shown at 0, so that thetwo boards may be put together to form aster-frame of a size to fit theinterior of the carton, as shown clearly in Fig. l. The frame Bhavingbeen inserted in the carton the ends thereof will be closed by the endpieces, 0 C. These are scored at d and cut out .at the corners to formthe flanges h, which may be straightened out to the same plane with thebody of the end piece or turned to stand at right angles thereto toenter the ends of. the body A, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. \Vhen soapplied to the ends of the body A, the end pieces may be fastened to theends of the framcB by small tacks e, driven through the end pieces intothe frame, as shown in Fig. 1.

By forming the body A and the end pieces, C,in the manner described theymay be packed and shipped flat, and by makingthe frame B of two slottedparts they may also be packed I and shipped flat and the whole may beeasily set up and covered with labels to imitate any cases or packagesin which medicines and other goods are packed and shipped.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- As a new and improved article of manufac ture,the collapsible carton herein shown and described, comprising the bodyA, made of pasteboard and constructed to be folded at the joints 1) atthe corners and open at both ends, the end pieces, O, formed with flapsh, adapted to fold at d, and the interior removablebracing-frame,l3,composed of the strips c,of wood, matched together inthe center, the four edges of the frame coming in contact with the innersurfaces of the walls of the body A, substuntially as and for thepurposes described.

W M. WRIGHT, JR.

it n esses:

EMMA E. \VRIGHT, JAMES F ARRELLY.

